Implementers Only Call-In Meeting SUMMARY NOTES July 26, 2017 3:00pm -4:00pm Conference Call Call #: 800-791-2345, Access Code: 22540# Invitees: Eastern Sierra Energy Initiative San Gabriel Valley ELP Western Riverside ELP Pam Bold Marissa Creter Barbara Spoonhour North Orange County ELP Katie Ward Tyler Masters & Westside ELP Valley Innovative Energy Watch Anthony Segura Jake Anderson & High Desert Regional ELP Ventura County REA Ivana Dorin Samantha Dodero Alejandra Tellez Laurel Rothschild Courtney Kalashian Kelly Cattanach San Bernardino Regional EP South Bay ELP Heather Allen Nicole Soto Marilyn Lyon Malisa Lieng Kim Fuentes Agenda: Welcome Samantha Dodero welcomed everyone and Introductions were made. OPERATIONS Requested Updates 1. Strategic Planning updates and brainstorming for 2018 Ivana was wondering if everyone has gotten a response yet? Ventura stated they had and have a few comments to address. South Bay is going back and forth with SCE now on their SP. Ivana and her team have had a few issues with benchmarking in SP. Run into a question for SCE. Do they need to be worried about the deed policy for all cities participating? Do all cities need to provide a deed to proceed? Hoping to connect with benchmarking team at SCE. Ivana will send out information on the call to all P2P partners those interested feel free to join the call. Tyler asked IOU’s about SP funding. Originally IOU’s stated that all funds were reserved and accounted for. More of a hope that there have been some funds released for SP that is available. More information to come. Tyler and Ivana wondered if there are any tier 3 projects best practices. WRCOG might apply for an experience center the “WRCOG Experience”. This would be a one stop shop for EE and sustainability. Similar to IOU resource centers. More toward EE and sustainability focus. Next in person: SP applications were submitted in March and February but for planning purposes what is the timeline? What should partners expect for 2018. 2.
SCE budgeting process Ivana submitted comments to 2018 draft budgets. Kudos to SCE for the process and involving partners. It is nice to have transparency. Noticed no opportunity for implementer input for pipeline goals. Looked at applications currently submitted. Wondering why 2017 was totally omitted in savings. They should have asked for percentage for weighing budget metrics from partners. Tyler appreciated having feedback back and forth from SCE. Has questions about application for CAP and why there is no in-between of the 25% marks. Why 25% either way? WRCOG absorbed more cities and received new 10,000 per city. Would like to know where the number came from? He recommends that implementers use the excel sheet and historical data to compare TA numbers. WRCOG’s were input wrong and it impacted the budget. Pay close attention to numbers. Tyler also mentioned he would like to see the positive impact of LGP on core programs weighed in the process as well. Next in person: Continue the conversation on budget and continue our feedback. FAQ and timeline.
BEST PRACTICE SHARING Updates 1. Cool Planet Program Run by climate registry and SCE has offered it as an option for partner cities to use GHG inventory and tracking tools. SCE pays for the membership (1 yr. silver and 2 yr. gold etc.) slated to go away this year but was informed that is not the case. Ivana’s PM Scott said it does not come out of partnership budget. SCE covers it on its own. While Ventura’s PM Irfan stated that it is coming out of partnership budget. Samantha was curious as to how you apply for the funding for partners for the program. Membership application and award application gets submitted to PM. Next in person: Need clarification on whether the funds come from the partnership budget or just from SCE. Other Business 1. Partners open to changing the 9/27 meeting to coincide with SCE/SCG all partners meeting in October. All partners agreed with the idea of moving the meeting. All favored having the meeting after all partners from 3PM to 6PM. Samantha to follow up with Irfan on reserving a room in Irwindale as well as reschedule the meeting on the calendar. Conclude Meeting concluded at 3:40 p.m.